To kick off the release of The Force Unleashed, LucasArts, Sony, and Best Buy are inviting fans in the San Francisco area to join them at Best Buy store at 1717 Harrison St. in San Francisco on Monday, Sept. 15. The event will run from 7:00 PM till midnight and feature appearances from the cast, including Sam Witwer (The Apprentice), Adrienne Wilkinson (Maris Brood), and Cully Fredrickson (General Rahm Kota), as well as the production team, including Executive Producer Haden Blackman, Art Director Matt Omernick, Lead Engineer Cedrick Collomb, Lead Content Designer John Stafford, Lead Systems Designer Rich Davis, and “dozens of other members of The Force Unleashed development team at LucasArts.”

If that doesn’t sound good enough, fans will be able to play the game before it is released as well as get their photo with those in attendance. So if you live in San Francisco this is an event you won’t want to miss!

The Force Unleashed demo for Xbox 360 is available for download on Xbox Live. No sign of the PS3 demo yet, but the PS3 store may not be updated yet. We’ll keep you posted for when the PS3 demo is released.

Update: According to our members at LucasForums, the PS3 demo has been added to the PSN.

TheHDRoom has posted up some screenshots from the demo and outline what the demo consists of. At least it gives us something to drool over admire before the demo comes out on Thursday. Check them out here.

GameTrailersTV has revealed that the release date for The Force Unleashed demo is due out August 21 on Xbox Live and PSN. Look forward to it!

GameTrailers has added a ton of new Force Unleashed videos to their site. Check them out by viewing our forum thread with all the links.

Tracksounds.com has reviewed the Force Unleashed musical score as well as interviewed the composer of the game’s score, Mark Griskey. Definitely check out these two articles as the music of The Force Unleashed sounds like it will rival the films’ music.

We will finally see the Force Unleashed demo on the Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles next month according to Mark Shell, Marketing Manager for LucasArts. The demo is said to be set in the TIE Fighter construction facility and there will be extra Force powers so you really get to try them all out. The demo will also feature a “super secret special ending” according to Mr. Shell. Look forward to the demo coming soon next month.

The Force Unleashed appeared at E3 2008 and a demo was given as well as an interview with project lead Haden Blackman. You can check it out here.

TechCrunch has gotten to take a look at The Force Unleashed as an iPhone app and posted a video. Apparently it will be released alongside all the other versions of the game on September 16. You can check it out here.

TheForce.net has posted several reviews for The Force Unleashed, going over the Xbox 360, Wii and PS2 versions of the game. View the links below for each preview.

Xbox 360 preview

Wii preview

PS2 preview

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